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The NSA's ability to collect mass amounts of phone data might be coming to end as a bill on the topic moves through Congress. A former CIA head says it's a necessary check against abuse, but one journalist thinks the agency has moved beyond the program altogether.

The largest conference on cryptology and internet privacy in Latin America started on Friday. Increasing, the digital rights activists and hackers president are questioning their own government’s surveillance practices.

They say misery loves company. Well, now Australia has joined the US in the diplomatic doghouse over allegations of spying on its allies. The source of some of those allegations? None other than Edward Snowden. And Australia's spy agency, like the NSA, is in trouble over eavesdropping on the cell phones of foreign leaders.

Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon had received classified briefings on the NSA's collection of phone call data, but he didn't feel free to warn the country about it, until Edward Snowden revealed the program.

Suspicions abound in this edition of the daily Global Scan. Newly-leaked documents show the NSA has spied on leaders and citizens of America's friends and foes alike. The Roma fall under suspicion of child trafficking, while they fear losing their legitimate children. And an Australian leader is suspicious over claims that fires raging in his country are an early sign of climate change. Those are some of the stories we're tracking in today's Global Scan.